Snap lumbered with hundreds of thousands of unsold Spectacles, claims report

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Snap left with massive stocks of unpopular Spectacles after wildly over-estimating demand

Snap, the struggling social media website, is believed to have been lumbered with stocks of hundreds of thousands of its Spectacles, launched last year, after wildly over-estimating demand.  Spe...

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